Seminar on Geology

Last Saturday our class attended a seminar organized by the Geologi Department in UM. Actually there was supposed to be class that day, but since there's this talk in UM we did not attend school that day...like for me, I did not even step inside the school compound at all. A lot of us we went for this talk so that we do not need to attend school on that day (hehe... like me!). But there was a few others who are interested on the subject (well, at least, want to know more...) The Surat Kebenaran Ibubapa was written that the time for the seminar was from 7.30am until around 1pm. So, I was kind of surprised when they said that they are hoping that we stay until around 5pm, as there will be an exhibition tour after the talk. The talk was until around 12.45pm, with a small break in between. Then, it was lunch time, but a lot of us just took the free lunch boxes home...haha! Not to be disrespectful to those people who have worked so hard to prepare the seminar and exhibition for us, but really I did not intend to stay that long because I have an appointment in the afternoon.

Anyways, the talk was informative, and bravo for the organizers for a job well done. They really did put a lot of hardwork in doing this, as one of my classmates said that they prepared a lot of papers and brochures...even got manpower to bring us for a campus or exhibition tour....kind of feeling pity for them as they did not get the attendance that they have expected...Anyway, really looking forward to any other seminars by UM (I am not sure whether they want to ask us to go there anymore!)

Gerko Day

Last Friday was our school's Gerko Day. The English Language Society was one of the society that has a booth inside the hall on that day. Actually, there wasn't anything that I did before the day...wait, I actually asked a few of my other committee members to do something. But other than that, all I did was to asked the committee members to do shifts to monitor the stall. At the end of the day, we DID get quite a number of members. But what I think is that it doesn't matter if there will be hundreds of people signing up at your counter...the most important thing is to sustain the members so that they would come to the society's meetings week after week. We did not even sell anything on that day...well, except maybe the T-shirts...because I think Gerko Day isn't ALL about societies selling things to improve their income...Anyway, to those who helped out on Gerko Day, thanks a lot!!

New School Year

It have been three weeks already since school started but I have not write anything yet about my experience in school after an absence of almost one month. There's lots of things for me to do since school started...one of the important things that I have to deal with is the Gerko Day. It will be held this Friday, and I really hope that everything will be okay at that time. I have not make my new timetable yet: sometimes when I feel tired I will take a short nap. Sometimes there will be great shows on TV, which is when I will sleep a bit late. Sometimes when there is a lot of homework I will sleep a bit late also...Now there's also latihan merentas desa also...When I make my timetable later I will make it very flexible. But now I am like...living one day at a time...

Engineering as My Choice

Today I went to the Star Education Fair again. This time I went there to listen to an engineering talk. The first two speakers at the education fair spoke generally about what engineering is, and what qualities should an engineer have. From what I remember one has to have a creative and critical thinking mind, innovative, able to handle stress, and inquisitive among things. Also I come across a small quiz in an engineering-related magazine which quizzes the readers whether they are suitable to take on an engineering career. Among things were whether one would open up small toys when they were young to see how it is made up inside (I answered never!). Also were whether my friends understand what I am saying when I am trying to explain about a problem (I said not really also!)... To be honest...half through listening to the talk I asked myself: Did I make the right decision??!!


Anyway, there are a few other courses that one could take other than engineering, for those who are like now, in a physics class in upper six. One of them is actuarial science (surprisingly the exhibitor there told me that I need PHYSICS and NOT NECESSARILY accounts to enter!) I thought... never mind. But to be an actuarial science students one needs to possess excellent mathematics scores...not me...and then there will be a lot of papers to sit.


So, all in all, it was a great experience going to this once-in-a-year (for what I know) education fair. I have learnt a lot of things. But for now, I got to go back and focus on my studies!

Visit to The Star Education Fair

Today I went to The Star Education Fair at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. For those who do not know, Star Publications Sdn Bhd (that is, the company who publishes the daily newspaper, The Star) has been organizing this education fair yearly for many many years already. I first went to the fair when I was in Form Three. I was accompanied by my parents then, and also the 2 years after that. During that time, my parents brought me there to listen to education and career talks. We also walked around to see all the booths. My parents would ask me again and again about what I want to do in the future. Almost everyone that my parents speak to at the fair thought that it was quite early to start thinking about tertiary education.

But last year was THE time to think about what do I want to be in the future, and what course that I am going to take. I had figure out that my course would most probably requires pre-university qualifications, and since my results wasn't good and my parents can't really afford to pay the fees, I decided on Form Six -- STPM.

Ever since I was little I have always thought of becoming a medical doctor. During my childhood, I always played with my younger siblings 'the doctor game' where one would pretend to be a doctor and the other two of us would be the patients. It was really fun! E.R. was one of my favourite shows during my younger days. But after attending these talks and visited these education booths at the fair over the years, I started to feel like I don't want to be a doctor in the future anymore. Why? One, I looked at those grousy pictures about damaged human parts, about doctors treating these people, and also I watched programmes such as MedikTV...I imagined myself stepping in their shoes and I feel like I don't really fit in into these kind of work. Two, I did not really care much about the medicines that the doctors give me when I was sick. That is, I don't know what those medicines are (of course I know what they ARE FOR), how does it react with the sickness that I am having, how does it cure me and etc. etc...Three, I am not very sure if I really like the lifestyle of a doctor, after hearing about the late night sleep, the long hours of on call, the sacrifices that they need to make, the stress that they need to face when they are on duty and a lot more...

Oh wait, I am supposed to think of the reasons why I decided to go for engineering! Well, I think I will put it in my next post. Also tomorrow would be the 2nd and last day of the talk. Hope that I can learn more new things!